EAST LONGMEADOW - Police have identified a 17-year-old Somers High School student, seriously injured in a single-car crash on Prospect Street Wednesday night, as Nicholas Coleman.

Coleman, who lives on Concord Terrace, was taken to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. His condition was not immediately available.

Police believe the accident, in which Coleman lost control and hit a tree near 615 Prospect St., could have occurred as early as 6:30 p.m. Officers, canvassing the neighborhood, found a resident who may have heard the crash around 6:30 or 6:35 p.m., Sgt. Patrick Manley said.

“One of the neighbors heard a racing engine and a kind of a thud and he looked out and didn’t see anything,” Manley said.

A neighborhood resident discovered the wrecked 1995 Suburu Legacy off the road and against a tree shortly after 8 p.m., Manley said.